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For Star Wars Battlefront 2, Criterion Games spent a lot of time and energy to make the game’s spaceships fun to fly. That effort paid off, but the game’s card-based progression system is killing the fun. When the original Star Wars Battlefront arrived, one of the things I was most looking forward to were the starfighters, which got scattered around the map as pickups. That meant I wasn’t able to spend a lot of time in the cockpit and, when I did, the experience wasn’t great. Ships felt like they were stuck on the end of a stick held out in front of the camera. That made banking and turning feel jerky and imprecise. Whether strafing ground targets or going after other ships, landing shots was a challenge. Nearly everything has changed with Battlefront 2. I spent the weekend playing nothing but the game’s Starfighter Assault mode and found it to be outstanding. That’s because the ship-on-a-stick model has changed completely. Imagine you’re … [Read more...] about Star Wars Battlefront 2’s Starfighter Assault is outstanding, but cards are killing the fun

Wall Street believes that Star Wars Battlefront 2's loot box controversy won't harm EA, with an analyst calling the pushback against the publisher "overdone." EA pulled an unprecedented about-face on microtransactions after a major consumer backlash, with the publisher temporarily removing paid currency in Battlefront 2 prior to its launch. It's unclear whether or not microtransactions will ever be reinstated in the game, but a Wall Street analyst believes that the company won't be hurt by the move. Gerrick Johnson, Director at BMO Capital Markets, posted a note to his clients in which he shared his thoughts on the EA controversy. Increasing his own target stock price for the publisher by 14.82%, Johnson claimed that the company wouldn't face long-term ramifications for the uproar surrounding Battlefront 2's loot boxes and microtransactions: “While the cancellation of micro-transactions in Star Wars makes for an intriguing headline, the impact sounds much larger … [Read more...] about Star Wars Battlefront 2 Controversy Won’t Harm EA, According to Wall Street

When Ron Howard took over directorial duties from Chris Miller and Phil Lord on the upcoming Star Wars spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story in June last year, it was reported that there were only a few weeks of principal photography remaining. However, Howard continued to film for another four months, leading to rumors that he was was reshooting the majority of the movie.Now Lando actor Donald Glover has commented on the issue and stated that despite the lengthy production, little about the film altered after Howard came on board. "It didn't really [change]," he said during the Television Critics Association press tour. "I think we were never faced with anything like that and [Howard] did a good job of coming in and didn't want us to change what we were doing at all. He wanted us to be comfortable with our vision."Glover also spoke his excitement about being on the Solo set, and hinted at one of the moments that Howard directed him in. "I remember going on set one of the first times. He … [Read more...] about Star Wars Han Solo Spin-Off Actor On The Impact Of Director Swap

When Ron Howard took over directorial duties from Chris Miller and Phil Lord on the upcoming Star Wars spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story in June last year, it was reported that there were only a few weeks of principal photography remaining. However, Howard continued to film for another four months, leading to rumors that he was was reshooting the majority of the movie.Now Lando actor Donald Glover has commented on the issue and stated that despite the lengthy production, little about the film altered after Howard came on board. "It didn't really [change]," he said during the Television Critics Association press tour. "I think we were never faced with anything like that and [Howard] did a good job of coming in and didn't want us to change what we were doing at all. He wanted us to be comfortable with our vision."Glover also spoke his excitement about being on the Solo set, and hinted at one of the moments that Howard directed him in. "I remember going on set one of the first times. He … [Read more...] about Star Wars Han Solo Spin-Off Actor Discusses How Director Swap Impacted Film

Star Wars has a long history with comic books — in fact, the very first Star Wars comics debuted before the very first Star Wars movie hit theaters. Issue at Hand is Polygon’s webseries about the weird world of comics, and today’s episode is all about the history of Star Wars comics: how Star Wars may have saved the industry in the ‘70s, and how the comics industry helped give Star Wars a huge resurgence in the ‘90s. More than that, we also talk about the fantastic crop of current Star Wars comics that are contributing to the new Star Wars expanded universe. Thanks to the Lucasfilm story group, they’re just as canonical as the new Star Wars movies. Want to learn even more about the fascinating, stranger side of comics? Catch up with every previous episode of Issue at Hand in our playlist below. And check out our Star Wars hub to discover even more things you may not have known about the franchise. … [Read more...] about The Star Wars universe is expanding — even in comic books